I-SDL imele iSimple DirectMedia Layer, isethi yamathala eencwadi aphuhliswe ngolwimi lwe-C kwaye anokubonelela ngemisebenzi ethile esisiseko ukwenza imisebenzi ye-2D yokuzoba, ulawulo lwesiphumo sesandi, kunye nolawulo lomfanekiso. Iindaba ezazitsiba kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo kukuba uRyan Gordon (owaziwa ngokuba yi-Icculus) ufumene i-epic MegaGrant yokuphucula ngakumbi i-SDL, enokunceda kwisizukulwana esilandelayo i-APIs.
Enkosi kwiSDL, i uphuhliso lomdlalo wevidiyo weqonga lamaqonga amaninzi, ukwenza kube lula kubaphuhlisi, ukwenza kube lula ukuba izihloko ezininzi zize kwiLinux. Kwaye kukuba le seti yeelayibrari ivumela ukufikelela kwinqanaba elisezantsi kwi-audio hardware, ikhibhodi, imouse, izinto zokuvuya, kunye nemizobo. Ke ngoko, inokusetyenziswa yisoftware yokulinganisa, ukudlala ividiyo kwakhona, iaudio, kunye neenjini zomdlalo wevidiyo.
URyan gordon Ungomnye wabantu abanoxanduva lophuhliso lwe-SDL, kunye nomyili wezibuko zomdlalo wevidiyo weLinux kunye neMacOS, kunye namanye amaqonga, esebenza kakhulu kwiminyaka yakutshanje. Emva kwesibhengezo awasenzayo ePatreon, malunga neenjongo zakhe, uye wayibeka yacaca into yokuba iSDL iseninzi ekufuneka ithethe.
Ingxaki ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kukuba Vulkan API Ingoku kakhulu, iyathembisa kwaye inamandla kune-OpenGL, nangona kunjalo le API yayinzima kakhulu kwaye kukho iingxaki nge-SDL. Ngoku into eyenziwa nguRyzen Gordon kukuququzelela umsebenzi kunye neVulkan, nangona baya kuqhubeka nokusebenza nabanye abafana neDirect3D, Metal, njl. Kwaye ngelixa kuya kubakho imida, iya kwenza i-API yesizukulwana esilandelayo ifikeleleke ngakumbi kubo bonke abaphuhlisi beenjini abangeyiyo i-AAAA.
Ekugqibeleni, uphuculo lweSDL luya kuza ukwenza umsebenzi wophuhliso ube lula, kwaye ngendlela ecacileyo ngakumbi kubaphuhlisi, ukuze bakwazi ukwenza imidlalo yabo ngaphandle kobunzima obukhulu.
Umqokeleli weVala wenza ukuba ukusebenza ne-SDL kube lula kakhulu kubaqalayo.